sleeping, standing, going to the restroom, showering, doing a handstand, or drinking a glass of cola while underway is all risky. But we measure the risk v.s. enjoyment and we do all of the above (ok maybe the handstand was a little exaggeration). Driving your car with a full 5 point harness is risky...walking across the street is risky...we have a friend who ended up in ICU because she choked on a walnut she was eating...now has sever brain damage cause of it...we drive our coach 5,000 miles per year...that's very very little time spent on the road in 1 year and statistically we're going to be just fine. I'm a believer that when it's your time...it's your time. BUT, I don't subscribe to the life concept of sky-diving, swimming with sharks, or alligator wrestling...so somewhere in there I've got some sense. In any case, I really would like our micromanaging government to keep their hands to themselves...I can choose to do what I want to do in my own house (in our case, our coach).

I've joked about putting a seatbelt on my bus's toilet. Mind you, it's now sitting in glorious isolation in the middle of an empty-ish bus shell, unfettered by walls or anything around it - it's the first thing I've completed inside the bus, so I want the world to see it (and whoever may be using it!). Does it count as a passenger seat?

BW, although not really comparable, I once read the engineers account of his locomotive hitting a car that was on the tracks. He said when he saw is was inevitable, he braced himself for the impact. But there was none. The locomotive didn't even hiccup.

I sincerely believe that a restraint belt in a bunk could be deadly. As mentioned before, if the bunk was sideways (not likely in a coach) a net could be helpful. But in our typical direction you would quickly hang a child by the neck sliding down the bunk with a belt. In the plane the belts are for quick drops in an air pocket. Usually a hard forward impact on a plane has much bigger problems.

Use a net and let the person be contained within the relatively small space. You could even pad the interior, but don't use a restraint.

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I couldn't repair my brakes, so I made my horn louder.1989 MCI-102 A3DD 6V92 Turbo, AlisonTons of stuff to learn!Started in Cheboygan, Michigan (near the Mackinaw Bridge). Now home is anywhere we park